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‘Dumb' Suspect's Selfie Helps Pennsylvania Officers Find Fugitive: Police

Officers found a man trying to flee assault charges because he posted a selfie on Facebook while sitting on a Greyhound bus out of town, said a western Pennsylvania police chief.

Ambridge Chief James Mann told the Beaver County Times 22-year-old Donald Harrison was wanted on charges he assaulted a woman and wouldn't let her leave her apartment after an argument on Jan. 24.

An hour after the woman called police, Harrison — originally from Spartansburg, South Carolina — posted the Facebook message, "IT'S TIME TO LEAVE PA."

Police couldn't find him right away, but officers noticed the Facebook selfie on Sunday with the message saying he was headed to South Carolina. Police had him arrested when the bus stopped in Youngtown, Ohio.

The chief says, "We like it when dumb criminals assist us."

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